Here in Sweden during the 1950's we use tractors for kerosene and gasoline. There was a tiny little tank for gasoline just for starting. Before shut down, we have to switch a valve and run the engine for a couple of minutes to get gasoline in the carburetor. If forgetting this operation, we have to drain the system from kerosene, fill with gasoline, and start. At that time, the kerosene was much cheaper than gasoline or diesel. The carbon upbuild was tremendous... I dissembled a tractor with carbon in the exhaust system so the passage was as a size of a pencil. /Pelle
@ProjectFarm
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this information.
@moe3655
6 жыл бұрын
Pelle Söderström u
@robertmurdock9750
6 жыл бұрын
A lot of old tractors were kerosene burners. John Deere made a lot of them. Changing back over to gasoline before shutting down also helped burn out some of the carbon. The combustion chamber was larger on kerosene engines and if you wanted to convert to gasoline only you had to braze an iron ring into head of each cylinder to raise the compression.
@ironhat
6 жыл бұрын
When converting over to vegetable oil as a fuel and living in a cold winter climate you need to follow the same shut down procedure. Of course, veggie oil won't work in Sweden due to the harshness of your winters. I wonder if mixing the oil with gasoline would help to thin the viscosity? (I'm referring to used veg. oil. Fresh would be cost prohibitive.)
@stefanogrillo6040
6 жыл бұрын
same for italy. there are many who currently operate old kerosene engines lombardini but they simply use gas not kerosene anymore(not produced its called petrolio similar as word petrol in england). the advantage of kerosene, if project farm do not know, is that at higher load the engine stand really cooler than when operating with gasoline,
@notsosilentmajority1
4 жыл бұрын
Many years ago we had a 1960's Plymouth Valiant with a slant 6 engine. We lived in NYC and my father was a new worker for Otis elevator at the time and not at mechanic's pay rate yet. With 3 kids (later 4) money was super tight and I mean super tight. I remember him putting in 36 cents of gas at the pumps sometimes when he was really broke and that happened more than you might think. My folks didn't gamble or drink or have any vices, the starting pay was just low for a family of 5 in the early 70's. Anyhow, Otis elevator company had metal cans of Otis Cleaning Compound that they used for machinery at the time. There were several times that we were out of gas and my Dad had no money and guess what? Pure Otis cleaning compound went into the gas tank and the car started up and got us home. Lol, my Mom and Dad and my younger brothers laugh at it now and talk about how new engines would never start or run on that stuff but then we think about what that cleaning compound may or may not have been made of, and you wonder.......who knows.? Maybe an airplane engine could have run on that stuff, lol. Ahh, I wouldn't trade in those days for anything, we really appreciated what we had and the real time we spent together.
@ProjectFarm
4 жыл бұрын
Wow! Thanks for sharing this experience. I recall some very tight financial times as a child and those memories are the best.
@notsosilentmajority1
4 жыл бұрын
@@ProjectFarm 👍🏼
@beckywatt5048
4 жыл бұрын
Probably Stoddard solvent , bet the fuel system was institutionally clean .
@eddybulich3309
4 жыл бұрын
It was probably a chemical like Brakekleen with a high % of naptha, which a car will quite happily run on, and really clean your fuel lines at the same time :)
@dw4940
4 жыл бұрын
@@ProjectFarm not good memories being broke in the cold. I think because money was tight growing up, I buy the toys I wanted & wished I had and some I've never used and.others uses a few times. Im.not stingy nor do I deprive myself.of anything
@walttrotter535
4 жыл бұрын
Do the mowers run and hide when you walk into Home Depot? : D
@ProjectFarm
4 жыл бұрын
Oh, so that way why they were running! lol
@justaskmeiknow5584
2 жыл бұрын
Mowers...I think that's Syd from toy story, quick hide
@overlordp.3758
2 жыл бұрын
Yes
@hazemahmed8424
2 жыл бұрын
This comment made my day!
@acldachosen1
2 жыл бұрын
😂🤣😂
@michaelvogel2522
4 жыл бұрын
The old farm tractors started on gasoline, warmed up, then were switched over to Kerosene.
@daviddrane6643
4 жыл бұрын
just change plugs on 9N
@vHindenburg
4 жыл бұрын
Kerosene in the senseof Lamp petroleum or jet engine fuel? In English that gets quite confusing. have seen a few trators to be desinged to start on regular petrol and than lamp oil ( petroleum not petrol)
@thechickenfriedredneck910
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah Kerosene used just be called Tractor fuel.
@jh-kn2bc
4 жыл бұрын
True
@davidt7312
4 жыл бұрын
They also did it was lawn tractors back in the day. They had a split tank, one side was for gas and the other side was kerosene. They did it because Kerosene was so much cheaper to run. They would start the ending on gas and turn the gas off and turn the kerosene on.
@eclipsegst9419
5 жыл бұрын
Back in the day, many John Deere 2cyl tractors had one small gas tank, and one tank for "tractor fuel" which was very similar to kerosene. You had to run on gas until operating temp to get the motor hot to keep the kerosene vaporized properly, and then run on kero the rest of the day. Before shutoff you had to switch back to gas to avoid hard starting. Even on tractors that weren't dual fuel, cheap farmers would cut their gasoline with as much kerosene as they could and still start reliably to save on fuel costs.
@douglundy5755
5 жыл бұрын
the old "coal oil" as fuel, yep
@ralphwood5114
4 жыл бұрын
Yes John Deere tractor fuel. I think it was green. My old 38 Chevy did fine on kerosene because it was low compression. Had to warm it up on gasoline. In the mid 50s kerosene was about 10 cents a gallon. That changed with higher demand because of jet engines using it. The old Ford model T ran good on moon shine or gasoline.probably would run good on kerosene. Grandma called it coal oil. If you stepped on a nail or something with your bare feet.grandma had your foot in a pan of coal oil. We didn't have electric. She had a 55 gallon drum full for lights. About 1951 we got electric. The adults were trying to turn on the lights in the church.They were on ladders trying to turn on the florescent lights. Someone saw this thing on the wall and flipped it on. The lights came on. Then it was praise the Lord.
@ralphwood5114
4 жыл бұрын
That's right the starter was my dad's strong arms turning the big heavy fly wheel.
@ralphwood5114
4 жыл бұрын
Had a guy that had a steep hill going down to the fields. Coming up the hill the tractor front came up and over killing him. His wife was trying to keep the farm going and also was killed on the hill. Remember my dad getting stuck. When he engaged the clutch the front end came up. When you got the old iron wheels stuck you weren't going any where.
@ralphwood5114
4 жыл бұрын
Bought a 51 Farmall H once for 200 bucks It had been sitting in a field for many years. It was converted to propane but the remains of the old oil burning system was still there. Saw a Ford tractor with a Funk Engineering kit that allowed you to put a Ford 6 cylinder car engine in it.. Saw a Flat head Ford V8 in one. Took off like a Mustang.
@packard5682
6 жыл бұрын
Another great video! Very informative!! My great grandfather had a 1920 Hudson super 6 that he converted so that it would run on 'coal oil' or what today we call Kerosene. He would start it on gasoline until it warmed up and then he turned a valve on the dash so then it would run on kerosene. As in your video, under load the engine would develop an pre-ignition knock. He discovered that by introducing droplets of water into the carburetor, the knocking would stop and the engine would smooth out, so he installed a small tube into the carburetor that was connected to the radiator (no glycol anti-freeze in the 1920's) with a valve in between on the dash and when it started to knock, he just opened the valve a little and the knock stopped. I asked him why he did the conversion and he said the main reason was that gasoline was $.19 a gallon and kerosene was $.03 a gallon! He lived until he was almost 100 and passed a way in 1967 when I was 12. I was lucky to have been a around when he was alive!
@ProjectFarm
6 жыл бұрын
Interesting. Thanks for commenting on this!
@kleenrite5550
5 жыл бұрын
YES
@wisconsinfarmer4742
5 жыл бұрын
I love the human mind when it is working.
@DoctorBrodski
5 жыл бұрын
@@ProjectFarm Using water with kerosene was actually traditional back in the days of traction engines and before rubber-tyred tractors. Those giant prairie tractors by manufacturers like Rumely Oilpull and Aultman Taylor were sold that way. A book called The Allis Chalmers Story talks about Advance Rumely tractors because AC eventually took over the company in 1931. The book mentions, "The Oilpull engine design used ample quantities of water with the fuel mixture to retard preignition (and the resultant knocking)." They weren't the only manufacturer that did that and this is why those kerosene prairie tractors featured a water tank.
@douglundy5755
5 жыл бұрын
yep thanks for the info, very interesting
@finecutpost
4 жыл бұрын
I'm in awe of the amount of work you put into your videos. Great stuff thank you
@ProjectFarm
4 жыл бұрын
I appreciate that!
@scottwiseman8015
4 жыл бұрын
My Grandfather ran a road crew during the Great Depression and he said they ran maintainers, graders, rollers, and other gas equipment on kerosene. One would first use a small gas tank to crank and run till the engine achieved operating temperature then switched to the main fuel tank of kerosene. I still have one of those 2.5 gallon crank tanks. Great video as always. Keep em coming. 👍✌
@mengel420
4 жыл бұрын
I saw a King of the Hill (animated) show where Hank falls asleep driving a Semi and his friends (Dale, Bill, Boomhauer) take over and get stranded on a mountain-top. They ran out of fuel. In the semi were antiques being transported and some of the antiques were Kerosene lamps. They utilized the kerosene while going backwards down the hill to pop-start the engine and turn around on a semi-runaway runway. It was nice to see this actually tested even though that likely wasn't the reason you did this test. I appreciate all of your work and enjoy every second of your videos. Never stop - seriously, they're gold to all of your fans!
@ProjectFarm
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much!
@cameronjenkins6748
6 жыл бұрын
I already knew that it would work, since Briggs & Stratton actually had adjustable ignition timing on some of their older engines specifically so they could run on kerosene.
@ProjectFarm
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for commenting on this!
@ericscaillet2232
5 жыл бұрын
Hi Cameron , yes correct but to see it is great!
@anagramconfirmed1717
2 жыл бұрын
i aLrEaDY kNeW Well good for you.
@highkeyJORD
3 жыл бұрын
5:44 sick camber bro!
@sonnyaraneta6488
4 жыл бұрын
When I was young, me & my dad here in The Philippines also tried kerosene on a motorcycle engine (air cooled engine without a fan) at a certain point engine heat up, almost to an overheat temperature so we cut the ignition off to stop the engine but the engine keeps on running, so we quickly shut off the fuel valve, engine still continues to run till all the kerosene was consumed. You should try to experiment this on what temperature does a kerosene don't need a spark plug & run on its own. I love watching your videos, nice work bro, Keep it up! 👍
@ProjectFarm
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing.
@russg1801
6 жыл бұрын
Viewers please NOTE carefully: this is a FLATHEAD engine and they have very LOW COMPRESSION ratios so they'll run on just about anything . Not so with an car engine that has OHV's. So, don't expect the results you see here to be applicable to a modern automobile.
@miguelangelvizuetmata555
5 жыл бұрын
Russ G I once ran one such engine with white gas in an emergency. Ran more or less normal. I would never run a car on that stuff, though.
@richardwaldron222
5 жыл бұрын
I poured about a few cups into a Ninja 650r parallel twin to get me 10 miles. It got me to the store just find under light load. Needed more revs to operate then on normal fuel. Normally I cruise at 80mph a 5k revs.
@greenidguy9292
5 жыл бұрын
Miguel Angel Vizuet Mata white gas is another term for unleaded gasoline.
@williamjones4483
5 жыл бұрын
@@greenidguy9292 Not so much. The term "white gas" is more commonly used for such products as lighter fluid, naptha, Coleman stove fuel or other similar products.
@greenidguy9292
5 жыл бұрын
@@williamjones4483 well as a former boy scout many years ago we always used unleaded (white gas) in our Coleman lanterns and stoves. Perhaps it depends on what part of the world you live in as to what "white gas" is.
@scottsuem3384
5 жыл бұрын
I have been watching your channel for awhile and 1 thing stands out, those little engine's are built to last..
@ProjectFarm
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I'm amazed at the durability of the Briggs & Stratton too!
@johndue2366
6 жыл бұрын
Running an engine on a fuel with a lower octane count than needed is problematic. However, it is possible to remedy this problem by injecting distilled water into the manifold. It takes a little time and some experiments to make it work. Water is injected when knocking occur. By heat absorption, when the water droplets turns to vapor, the sudden rise in temperature and, thus, pressure in the combustion chamber will be less and thus limit or remove the knocking. Water injection and combined water and methanol injection, has been used by both the Germans and the allied during WWII and later to prevent knocking. High pressure turbo loading of piston engines in combination with low octane fuel have the the same result as you experienced: knocking. What was found in both WW2 Germany and USA, was that some injection of a 50/50% mixture of distilled water and methanol would allow a higher manifold pressure ~= higher compression above the piston just before ignition without knocking. The above is not perfect English, but I hope it make sense. /John
@ProjectFarm
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the ideas!
@kleenrite5550
5 жыл бұрын
Very good
@buckstaffvvile9064
5 жыл бұрын
Your English is as good as mine, and I am a US native college grad.
@notsosilentmajority1
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the great information. Very informative and also very interesting. Thank you.
@kevinduffy2502
4 жыл бұрын
Until you fu@# up the valve's or worse from putting water even little drops in a hot running engine.. Next ill read you can always just water your gas down if your low and cant get none and have to drive somewhere.. KZitem comments are priceless
@billguyan1913
3 жыл бұрын
When I was a student (MANY years ago) I had a friend who ran an old car on Paraffin (ok kerosine). It wouldn't actually start on it - he had a detergent bottle full of petrol (ok Gasoline) which he would squirt into the carburetor before starting the car. In those days kerosine was much cheaper than petrol, nowadays it is more expensive.
@cyrilimbwaga3377
Жыл бұрын
In my country kerosene is still cheaper than petrol
@rivervalleyfarm482
6 жыл бұрын
Back in the 1910's through the early 40's kerosene was used in farm tractors, because it was cheaper than gasoline. They used a different carburetor and had radiator shutters to control the engine temperature and help the engine reach operating temperature. The engine would actually start on gas, warm up and be switched over to kerosene. Advance rumley actually made engines that ran on kerosene alone.
@ProjectFarm
6 жыл бұрын
This is interesting.
@rivervalleyfarm482
6 жыл бұрын
Yes, there were several alternative fuels tried. Kerosene was one of the more common, distillate (undrinkable alcohol), was another. Also propane or LPG as it was called at the time. Kerosene and distillate we're used in the same time frame LPG came later 50's and 60's. Now there's an idea, will a gasoline engine run on propane, without the propane fuel system?
@DavidN23Skidoo
6 жыл бұрын
Those tractors needed a bit of oil drained and replaced every day due to kerosene working past the rings and thinning crankcase oil. Earlier farm engines and tractors had total loss lubrication. Those earlier engines also used water from the cooling system to prevent detonation. A carburetor would have three parts; starting and warm up gasoline, kerosene for working, and water to prevent knock.
@DavidN23Skidoo
6 жыл бұрын
Look up 5 hp Falk and you will see three knobs on top of the carb. Here it is: kzitem.info/news/bejne/x22OspqPfaGUhZw
@keltonwright7
6 жыл бұрын
John deere had water valves on a carburetors that could be opened from the operators position to stop pre-ignition . It used water from the radiator to do this.
@ClipSwitchFlashlights
Жыл бұрын
Was reading an old Briggs and Stratton repair manual the other day and they used to have a procedure to run their engines on kerosene. The caveat was that you had to start them on gas and then switch them over once the engine was warm (they used a dual-fuel tank setup). Very cool!
@ProjectFarm
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing.
@electronicsNmore
6 жыл бұрын
Really great to know that it runs that well using kerosene.
@ProjectFarm
6 жыл бұрын
I was really surprised it worked so well. By the way, great job on the videos!
@sixspectre2329
3 жыл бұрын
Ruined the surprise.
@chadwilliams2973
4 жыл бұрын
I really like how you test stuff!!
@ProjectFarm
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@tedjames2534
3 жыл бұрын
Even stupid concepts like this?
@louis-thomastremblay7607
3 жыл бұрын
@@ProjectFarm î Kk i oui i ou i
@iambhariav155
3 жыл бұрын
Tmkc
@williamgralton7468
4 жыл бұрын
I remember here in Oz, about 50 years ago, farmers were using what was called Power Kerosene in tractors and stationary engines. They had to be started on petrol (gas) and switched over to kero when they reached running temperature.
@ProjectFarm
4 жыл бұрын
Great information. Thank you
@Combine1331
6 жыл бұрын
Here is a video idea - try putting the highest quality fuel in an dirty (uncleaned) engine, run it for some time and see whether it will clean some of the carbon and deposits in the engine Thanks about this episode - great video - very entertaining and informative.
@ProjectFarm
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this recommendation!
@DGA2000
6 жыл бұрын
I learn a lot from your videos too. I'm constantly surprised. Keep up the great work tearing down preconceived notions
@ProjectFarm
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@oscarpaz27
4 жыл бұрын
I once made a 1973 VW beetle run on kerosene on a bet. On my first run, it would stall under load but ran better once it was warmed up. My solution, I ran a copper coil around the exhaust manifold , and the fuel would flow through it, warner kerosene seemed to work better. It was dangerous but a low budget solution to win several cases of beer. The bet was to drive it around a city block 3 times. Won the bet
@vog51
6 жыл бұрын
You have to be one of the meanest, most passive aggressive people I have ever seen making videos!! ... Man, I can't keep a straight face. I actually love your videos with all the extremely useful content! You're the kind of guy I would want to be a close friend with. :) Keep up the great work and keep 'em coming!
@ProjectFarm
6 жыл бұрын
LOL! Thank you for the positive comment!
@truepatriot8751
6 жыл бұрын
*You some kind of mad scientist bro*
@ProjectFarm
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@generalrepair8731
6 жыл бұрын
Jet fuel is a clear to straw-colored fuel, based on either an unleaded kerosene (Jet A-1), or a naphtha-kerosene blend (Jet B). Similar to diesel fuel, it can be used in either compression ignition engines or turbine engines. Todd, always enjoy your videos keep them coming. I have a suggestion let's try running your go cart on AVgas 100 . Shell global makes it . General repair
@ProjectFarm
6 жыл бұрын
This is great information. Also, thanks for the recommendation to test AVgas 100.
@192ali1
2 жыл бұрын
If you were an academia you will have won a Nobel price for sure. Thank you for your innovative ideas
@BustedWalletGarage
6 жыл бұрын
Grandpa had a 1940 Farmall tractor that started on gas then you'd swap to the larger tank which was kerosene.
@jusb1066
6 жыл бұрын
yep back in the days of ww2 and gasoline was short, parrafin was made from coal (not these days , its refined from oil now) and thus was another source of fuel
@ProjectFarm
6 жыл бұрын
Interesting!
@simplestatic3751
6 жыл бұрын
Most of those engines were also very low compression compared to todays engines. Low compression engine on kero would probably not have the problem with predetonation/pinging as in the video.
@BustedWalletGarage
6 жыл бұрын
Simplestatic it also had a spare hand crank for when the battery was dead. If it backfired you'd have to go fish your arm out of the nearest tree.
@billbridge7458
6 жыл бұрын
I also had a 1937 McCormick-Deering Farmall that had the same dual tank setup.
@spxyx
6 жыл бұрын
Most tractors made before 1940 were designed to run on kerosene. Start on gas, warm up then switch over. They also all had a water jet or injection system so that under full load they did not knock. it is said that running same amount of water and kerosene improves fuel efficiency and makes the motor run cooler under full load.
@ProjectFarm
6 жыл бұрын
This is interesting. Thanks for commenting!
@Tractorfarm9
6 жыл бұрын
Briggs engine used to say put 2 head gaskets and a colder heat range spark plug in then you could burn kerosene with no knocking
@ProjectFarm
6 жыл бұрын
Interesting.
@ericscaillet2232
5 жыл бұрын
@@ProjectFarm would that be because the compression ratio is decreased and an over all lower operating temperature? - I think everyone answering to this test of yours are frustrated petro chemists that took a wrong vocation in life😅
@brandoncrosby3329
4 жыл бұрын
Anybody remember the king of the hill episode were they ran the semi on kerosene
@johnt4060
6 жыл бұрын
Knock knock! Who's there? Ur engine. -_-
@ProjectFarm
6 жыл бұрын
LOL!
@rklos87
5 жыл бұрын
Haha! I like this one.
@celtichongy
5 жыл бұрын
Used Lawnmower Salesman . " This here mower is the opportunity of a lifetime" Customer " I know, I can hear it knocking" Imagine Mr Haney and Oliver Wendell Douglas in scene!
@nicktimar3037
5 жыл бұрын
DrewT65 Issa Subaru
@Brusselpicker
5 жыл бұрын
Old mechanic guy I know drains the tanks of mixed diesel and gasoline, just adds a liitle more gas to the mix, then runs his vehicle on it.
@tylerschoulte7513
6 жыл бұрын
You should show the safety data sheets for gasoline next to the data sheets for your experimental fuel, so we have something to compare the kerosene values, etc, to! Otherwise, great video!!!
@ProjectFarm
6 жыл бұрын
This is a great recommendation--thank you!
@LatitudeSky
6 жыл бұрын
Kero is significantly safer. Flash point is much higher, vapor ignition is never an issue, and it's not even very nasty if you get it on your skin. Kero is really quite good stuff. Unfortunately it's more costly than motor fuels. Most engines that can run on kero can run diesel instead, which is cheaper most of the time. Many things that run on Jet-A can also run on good kerosene. And Jet-A will work in kerosene devices. Sometimes useful.
@brocluno01
5 жыл бұрын
So back in the day we had "commercial fuel" - somewhere between gasoline and kerosene. Many I-H truck engines (and others) had a 7 1/2 : 1 compression ratio and ran fine on commercial fuel. They'd also run all day on #1 kerosene. But you'd have to give them a "water tune" once in while to knock out the carbon. Happier on gasoline, but more costly and the mileage suffered a bit. 50/50 gasoline and commercial fuel was great was great for low speed tractor engines. Now with Cali CARB killing many diesels (w/o urea), gas tractors may come back ... So learning to mix your own fuel may become a deal again ... Just another tuning tool :D
@jackboyer1280
4 жыл бұрын
Kerosene does have a use in V8 engines. I remember back in 1964 i hung out with a good friend when he worked as a mechanic at a gas station. One older man that when he changed his oil & he did it like clockwork. Im not sure if he drained all the oil out or just a couple of quarts & replace them with kerosene but they idled the engine for awhile then drained the oil kerosene mix then replaced it with oil. I do remember that his 1956 era Buick ran ultra quite & ultra smooth it also was about the cleanest engine inside & out. Jimmy was draining the oil & i noticed that the oil looked clean enough that he could have been actually putting oil in instead of draining it that's when he told me what the guy did. After all these years i never forgot & wish i had asked some questions because he had well over 150,000 miles on his car & it looked like hood up on a new car showroom. Whoever bought the car after this man sold it no matter what they paid sure got their money's worth for a 1956 Buick7
@koton_bads
5 жыл бұрын
The 154 dislikes came from the people who tested this and didn't worked but ruined their engine
5 жыл бұрын
Or...from people who liked it somewhat, but just don't wish to have more like it in their recommend feed.
@devinkim4588
5 жыл бұрын
Why would a MORE purified gasoline ruin an engine. The higher the octane the better
@devinkim4588
5 жыл бұрын
Kerosene is jet fuel
@truckernation7886
5 жыл бұрын
That’s a pus c engine to break over some kerosene.
@marcelmolenaar5684
5 жыл бұрын
A diesel runs on kerosene
@johnyule1473
6 жыл бұрын
Back in the 40s and 50s when I was young my dad had a farmal and a mccormorick deering excuse the spelling tractor both had duel fuel tanks one gas the other kerosene start on gas then switch to kerosene both started with hand crank if you didn't set the spark advance just wright they would backfire and could break your arm
@lubesiron-cslfarmsllc2751
5 жыл бұрын
I'm very farmiliar with that style McCormick deering you refer to. Had a Farmall F12 I was working on for a guy once. I forgot to retard the spark. When I hit the hand crank it kicked me pretty hard
@rumplestiltskin3814
4 жыл бұрын
That is why you always pull up on a hand crank and never push down. Lots of people with broken arms will vouche for that.
@giuseppefanelli3507
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video I really enjoyed it. I can tell that a lot more effort went into this video compared to some of your other videos. You're doing very well and have been watching you for a while, I enjoy every video!
@ProjectFarm
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Yes, I'm investing nearly twice the time and a lot more funding as well. Viewers deserve it and I'm also trying to demonstrate to my children a saying my father often said to me while growing up... "Anything worth doing, is worth doing right". Thanks again!
@giuseppefanelli3507
6 жыл бұрын
Project Farm, wise words and very true!
@NANDOFFDataRecovery
2 жыл бұрын
Runs better than I expected. Great video
@noreenmcgick2355
5 жыл бұрын
"She'll go 300 hectares on a single tank of kerosene!"
@ProjectFarm
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@pepperoniunicorn8641
4 жыл бұрын
PUT IT IN H!
@xzevious69
4 жыл бұрын
For 30 parsecs
@SigJohno
4 жыл бұрын
@Dave Hanson "It no longer exists!"
@ivanlozano2019
4 жыл бұрын
It's a upper trim yugo
@011001er
4 жыл бұрын
"both are the same temperature, very cold" haha that's how I measure temperature too.
@ProjectFarm
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@Dcc357
6 жыл бұрын
I was hoping to see the spark knock detonation happen in the invisible head. That would have been very interesting to see.
@ProjectFarm
6 жыл бұрын
Yes, I'll try to capture that in a future video.
@noneuklid
2 жыл бұрын
I really like this style of video that has an "in the field" component to it.
@ProjectFarm
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@MRFUSON-uj9bs
4 жыл бұрын
Some one could tell him to piss in the tank and I believe we would see a video on it soon ! LOL I admire your curiosity
@raoultazief9908
6 жыл бұрын
Can you make a comparison of the differents types of gas available in gas stations (regular, premium...) ?
@ProjectFarm
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video project idea!
@jonnyrox116
6 жыл бұрын
K05 T4R we have ethanol free gas where I live and it's about 75-80 cents more per gallon. Although it wouldn't be practical to do for a V8, I use a simple ethanol separator for making fuel for all my small engines. Basically I add a couple drops of food coloring to a quart of water and vigorously mix it into 5 gallons of gas that contains ethanol, wait for it to settle and siphon off the gas until I get down to the colored water. Because ethanol is hydrophilic, meaning it attracts moisture, all the ethanol is absorbed into the colored water and when separated all you have left is straight gasoline. I've seen this done on a larger scale doing 100s of gallons at a time but that wouldn't be practical for me.
@jeremiahfix5529
6 жыл бұрын
Jon, straight gasohol, good stuff L:
@korvtm
6 жыл бұрын
When I was training to operate emission test equipment,we were told by the trainer that in our state captiol the area where emission testing was required ended at the centerline of a street,there fore if a person lived on one side of the street emission test required,other side no test.Unbelieveable unless you remember this is Washington State then it makes perfect sense.
@jeremiahfix5529
6 жыл бұрын
Rules for thee but not for me.
@manidig
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for doing this! I have heard stories from the early days of driving how a Ford model T would run OK on Kerosene and sometimes that was all you could find. And a friend of mine remembers as a kid in the 1960s he knew of a weird old man in town who ran his 1956 Studebaker on Kerosene to save money. So it can work.
@dougbrowning82
4 жыл бұрын
The model T had manual ignition timing and choke, and also pre heated air intake via the manifold, and individual vibrator coils per cylinder, with the distributor on the low voltage side, and could run on battery or magneto. Plus, it was a flathead. It could also run on alcohol.
@TribbleBot
3 жыл бұрын
I believe Studebaker's inline sixes at the time were flatheads too.
@timothywilson6754
3 жыл бұрын
Old briggs and stratton engines manuals recommend that you use two head gaskets to run kerosene. It sounds counter productive to lower compression but is manufacturer recommended.
@ProjectFarm
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the feedback.
@heathersanborn4914
6 жыл бұрын
What an excellent channel !
@ProjectFarm
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@flydye45
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your reviews and your craft. I would love to see videos on how you moded your lawn mower for a drill start.
@ProjectFarm
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the feedback
@brandonallen5930
6 жыл бұрын
This was a great video. Now a big question. Will you consider stepping up your videos to include an old CAR???? I would love to see you run an old car on kerosene!! Like an old metro or Festival. Something small easy to modify.
@ProjectFarm
6 жыл бұрын
This is a great recommendation! I'll see what I can do.
@phantom240
6 жыл бұрын
Run an old 12A rotary on Kerosene
@CrookCountySoftwear
6 жыл бұрын
We can learn so much from small engines that it almost seem's pointless to run test on cars.
@KiwiCatherineJemma
6 жыл бұрын
Back in the early 1980's, we converted a friends old car, an old 1950's British 4 cylinder car, to run on Kerosene. Note that modern Kero is "lighting kerosene" what the old farm tractors ran on in the 1940's etc was a rather different "power kerosene". We disabled the car's original mechanical fuel pump and instead fitted 2 electric fuel pumps with a changeover switch. The main tank was filled with kerosene and small extra tank (located by the drivers legs !) held about 2 litres/half a gallon of petrol (gasoline) used for starting and warming up. We first used 6 feet/2metres of copper fuel line and wrapped it around the exhaust manifold and the exhaust header pipe, then linked it with a Y or Tee piece to the carb's normal fuel inlet. the car ran but "very awfully", so we added another 6 feet/2 metres of copper fuel line pipe, wrapped around the exhaust manifold, and it was much improved. Start the car and get up to speed and warmth on petrol/gasoline, then flick the switch, the first bit of (cold) kero stuck in the short length of fuel line just before the carburettor doesn't burn much and the car farts around and loses speed, but once the pre-heated kero reaches the carb, it burns satisfactorily, although barely so. A substantial kerosene smell was behind the car and we never got tail-gaters, we retarded the ignition slightly (easy with the old points and distributor systems).
@jeremiahfix5529
6 жыл бұрын
Might be more possible with a diesel. The sadistic trio compression heat ignition
@brandoncherry1651
3 жыл бұрын
I love his vids cause he checks controls variables like a scientist..
@ProjectFarm
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the positive comment!
@brandonallen5930
6 жыл бұрын
Will a gas engine run on hair spray ????
@ProjectFarm
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this recommendation!
@aaronthomas6155
6 жыл бұрын
In theory, since hair spray is combustible, it should..... I'd love to see it tried though.
@wmhoffman1622
6 жыл бұрын
Hair spray will gum up the carb ports and needle so bad it wouldn't be worth trying !
@aaronthomas6155
6 жыл бұрын
depends on the hair spray. The old Aqua Net aerosol hair spray should work for a starter fluid....lol
@bencrosbie
6 жыл бұрын
Hahahaha that's actually intresting
@JonnyDIY
6 жыл бұрын
*haha* i remember accidentally filling my lawnmower up with kerosene once. Thing ran rough with lots white smoke haha
@ProjectFarm
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for commenting.
@grahvis
6 жыл бұрын
Jonny DIY I did it with an outboard motor once, when I emptied the tank, refilled with petrol and finally got it started, everything vanished in that white smoke. :-)
@GRobLewis
3 жыл бұрын
I have a few gallons of old kerosene (in unopened cans) that I have no real use for. Based on your video, I'd guess there would be no problem running my power equipment on, say, 10% kerosene mixed into the gas. Opinions? BTW, when you adjusted the carb jet for kerosene, did it have to be richer or leaner for smooth running?
@jameshedrick605
Жыл бұрын
It had to richer to run smoothly
@vk2ktm
4 жыл бұрын
same here in australia. the 'Grey Fergie (Ferguson)' is an iconic tractor with this arrangement - was due to the low cost of power kero back in the day.
@vk2ktm
4 жыл бұрын
and yes, the idea was to run petrol until you got the engine warmed up
@ProjectFarm
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the feedback!
@richmac918
3 жыл бұрын
This one really fooled me. I was always under the impression that Kerosene and diesel were more similar than kerosene and gas and that since you couldn't get the engines to run on diesel that the same thing would happen.
@ProjectFarm
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the feedback.
@michaelbenardo5695
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, a gas engine will run on diesel, not well, but it will run once warmed up.
@phantomsoldier497
Жыл бұрын
Kerosene is somewhere in between gas and diesel but has a great fuel purity and is very resistent to jellying so that means that once you warm it up it can burn in a gas engine. It can work in a diesel too but as good because the fuel it not enough viscous and that means over time it will seize pumps and clean away the oil in the cylinders. A small percentage of kerosene in diesel will help lower your jellying temperature a lot tho
@richmac918
Жыл бұрын
@@phantomsoldier497 I just learned something new (actually a bunch of stuff). Thanks
@GavatronX9
6 жыл бұрын
Adding the octane boost to the K1 would make it more like jet/airplane fuel. Since it's in between diesel and gasoline.
@crabtrap
5 жыл бұрын
@W Winterheart also "jet fuel" and "airplane fuel AVGAS.....are not even close to the same thing
@MRrwmac
6 жыл бұрын
Tune in next week on Project Farm...... he runs a Flux Capacitor!
@ProjectFarm
6 жыл бұрын
LOL! Thank you!
@weberbuiltweber1908
6 жыл бұрын
and he makes it work at 77mph
@BionicTenshi96
6 жыл бұрын
I've always thought Doc Brown should have used kerosene to power the gas engine on the DeLorean... until he blew up it with Chester's alcohol mixture.
@wharris7594
5 жыл бұрын
It hasn't been invented yet
@d1strappazon
4 жыл бұрын
I love the garage door opener bracket for the external fuel cell. I'm a garage door installer.
@ProjectFarm
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the feedback!
@trueamerican7034
4 жыл бұрын
Great material always, running diesel is tricky unless you have a multi fuel military engine and I'm not sure how much they use those anymore. Diesel requires so much more compression ratio in naturally aspirated engines and cylinder pressure on engines with turbos and/or blowers.
@ProjectFarm
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the feedback
@trevgauntletneu_gaming
6 жыл бұрын
Kerosene is fuel Red Bull is fuel Kerosene is Red Bull
@thetinker3924
5 жыл бұрын
and yer full of BULL!!!!!!!!!!!!
@matthewyoung9828
5 жыл бұрын
Peter that will destroy your body
@mikecheeze4312
5 жыл бұрын
Oh peta...
@dr.hugog.hackenbush9443
4 жыл бұрын
Bleach is mostly water. We are mostly water. Therefore, we are bleach.
@christopherwilson6527
4 жыл бұрын
W Winterheart the joke went right over head didnt it?
@olio.dipalma_8391
6 жыл бұрын
great video!! you should test on what fuel a good old diesel engine «can’t» run!!
@ProjectFarm
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the video project idea!
@aknighttrain
4 жыл бұрын
Back in '91 or so, I owned an old junker snowmachine, a Ski-Doo Elan that had a 250cc 1-cylinder 2-stroke engine. It was ugly and uncomfortable, but would go anywhere you pointed it. They were amazingly light; you could bury it and lift it out with one arm. I ran it out of gas a few miles from the cabin, so one of my buddies just pulled me back. I grabbed a 5-gallon gas jug, mixed it 50:1, and dumped it in. I had a hell of a time starting it! Finally resorting to using starting fluid to get her going. It ran after about a minute of helping with ether. Man, did it smoke! There was a monstrous blue cloud all around the cabin like something out of a Stephen King movie. We took off, heading back to the trucks 20 miles downriver in Talkeetna, and all my buddies quickly passed me, pointing behind as they passed. There was a 90' blue tube of air behind me as far as I could see. I kept it pinned and didn't dare let off. The machine wasn't running very well, and when I looked behind, there was nothing but a monster blue cloud of smoke behind, filling the Valley. She wasn't running very good, but she was running. I estimated that I had about 50% power, but it was consistent. Finally got to town and the trucks, and hit the kill switch - it kept right on idling. Everyone was yelling at me to shut it down, because of the Epic Blue Cloud, and I struggled to do so. It stunk! It didn't need the spark plug to run, evidently it was hot enough to run by detonation. No ignition system was necessary in Diesel Mode, apparently. I finally got her shut down by choking it by hand. These days, I will sniff every can before dumping it into my sled. No one ever confessed to putting diesel into a red gas can.
@ProjectFarm
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the feedback
@rolandcostainjr
6 жыл бұрын
Hey there.... was just wondering if you'd like to do a video on different types of spark plugs in your transparent cylinder head to see the different combustion patterns and what not.... notably E3 spark plugs with their unique design.... but also would like to see the comparisons. Let me know... thanks.
@ProjectFarm
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this recommendation!
@richardvaughn2705
6 жыл бұрын
Gasoline from before the 1940s was only 30 octane so engines back then didnt ping on kerosene. It wasnt until leaded gasoline that we finally had 70 octane gas and higher. New gasoline is spiked by additives and adding in higher octane fluids produced by heating the heavier oil products under very high pressure until they break molecular bonds into smaller chains. The naturally occuring gasoline extracted from distilling crude oil is only 30 octane. The higher octane gasolines allowed for more compression which allows a more efficient burn and more power from smaller engines.
@ProjectFarm
6 жыл бұрын
This is great information--thank you!
@ericscaillet2232
5 жыл бұрын
@ferkemall couldn't one just raise the needle in the carb? OK so idle jet will have to be drilled out😅
@DeerHunter2000
6 жыл бұрын
How about White Lightening?
@ProjectFarm
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the video project idea!
@peterd5246
6 жыл бұрын
He already did everclear
@zone47
Жыл бұрын
You should do a best of outtakes video where you show things that went haywire or unexpected funny mistakes, tangles words ect... I bet all your fans would enjoy the humor. :)
@ProjectFarm
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the suggestion.
@georgecostanza9387
6 жыл бұрын
have you tried running a gas engine on used vegetable oil or a mix of gas and vegetable oil?
@ProjectFarm
6 жыл бұрын
Not yet. Thank you for the video project idea!
@jagsfanrick
6 жыл бұрын
Great idea
@PapiDoesIt
6 жыл бұрын
Nitr0 Drift a diesel engine will run just fine on vegetable oil.
@georgecostanza9387
6 жыл бұрын
Traveling Monkeys yes but I'd prefer to not run old fry oil through my expensive injection pump or injectors I'd much rather run it through the carburetor on my generator or mix it with some gas to help it burn if it is a possibility
@georgecostanza9387
6 жыл бұрын
thats what everyone said about kerosene
@Ben-zh9wo
6 жыл бұрын
Hello,i Love your Videos :) Greetings fromm Germany!
@ProjectFarm
6 жыл бұрын
Greetings and thank you!
@larryhullinger8103
4 жыл бұрын
Kerosene deisel fuel ans fuel oil are just about the same thing Higher levels of refinement make them progressively cleaner
@bigcheeses
4 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure you're right about that, from what I understand, they are graded by the length of the hydrocarbons. A chemist might be able to correct me!
@larryhullinger8103
4 жыл бұрын
@@bigcheeses had some dipshit on a jobsite a few uears ago decided to save a couple bucks and filled his salamander with deisel fuel instead of kerosene It ran fine but stunk up the entire building with deisel fumes
@Dwohman
3 жыл бұрын
Jet fuel is just highly refined diesel.
@isilder
3 жыл бұрын
@@Dwohman no. Jet fuel is kerosene. They want it to evaporate. Using diesel in jet engines results in polution, incomplete burning. The aviatian diesel engines run on jet fuel , kerosene. Probably because of the gel effect in diesel at low temperatures....
@philbrown3953
Жыл бұрын
I'm sure alot of people was wondering about this these days. thank for doing the test. keep it up! and also the music is great as well
@ProjectFarm
Жыл бұрын
Thanks, will do!
@neilhamill318
5 жыл бұрын
Once again I enjoyed watching the video and the surprising results I honestly didn't think it would work that well. The only kerosene I've used for a different purpose was a blue color. Wonder why that is being the only color they stocked.
@ProjectFarm
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@Loebane
6 жыл бұрын
What happens if you run a leaf blower through the intake of a lawn mower engine?
@ProjectFarm
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the video project idea!
@Loebane
6 жыл бұрын
Turbo mower!
@YBSTV_Official
6 жыл бұрын
Now I wanna lowkey try that ctfu
@Addison0526
6 жыл бұрын
I don’t want to ruin Project Farm’s project ideas but Mighty Car Mods did that with a car on a Dyno tuner and it did nothing. Maybe it would be more beneficial with a smaller engine? I guess he could test it.
@mwilliamshs
6 жыл бұрын
Hot Rod magazine and Roadkill the show have had considerable success with leaf blower supercharging gasoline 4 cycle engines
@alexfathauer7366
6 жыл бұрын
Hi love your vids make a vid on a four stroke and a two stroke without oil and see which runs longer like if you agree
@ProjectFarm
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the video project idea!
@alexfathauer7366
6 жыл бұрын
Your welcome😄
@jrand2631
6 жыл бұрын
My guess would be that the four stroke will run longer, as the two stroke need the oil to lubricate the piston and piston rings, and without oil in the fuel, it will seize rapidly - been there done that (by accident!) LOL
@alexfathauer7366
6 жыл бұрын
J Rand but still I would like to see the damage difference and the time it took
@jrand2631
6 жыл бұрын
Me too!
@tonyrome068
3 жыл бұрын
Answered an age old question for me. Great job Mr. Spock!
@ProjectFarm
3 жыл бұрын
Glad to help!
@REDLINERUNNER
6 жыл бұрын
I'm very surprised... I expected results similar to diesel...
@ProjectFarm
6 жыл бұрын
I'm really surprised too.
@TheNiteNinja19
6 жыл бұрын
Likewise. Seems to burn much faster, which is expected though.
@sovietsanta1
6 жыл бұрын
I did this once when I was little, It worked great when mowing grass, I put an upwards stack on it and it made smoke rings when running. Just a short story....
@REDLINERUNNER
6 жыл бұрын
Project Farm Because it is more similar to diesel... Can you test diesel engine on kerosene?? I'm very interested in THAT project? AMAZING CHANNEL!!
@markthompson4225
6 жыл бұрын
The old N series Ford tractors had versions that ran on both with 2 tanks. You just flipped a lever on the dash that switched from PETROL to kerosene. I think it actually had 3... One for water... it used it to help cool while running the kerosene. They also had one that just ran kerosene.
@JohnnyRisk
6 жыл бұрын
Can you try to run an engine on jack daniels or some Alkohol in the 40% range? (emergency scenario of course)
@ProjectFarm
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the recommendation!
@logik316
6 жыл бұрын
No. It’s much too diluted. Straight moonshine might work, though.
@WineScrounger
6 жыл бұрын
It will barely ignite as it is. Rubbing alcohol or meths perhaps; or overproof rum.
@JimFortune
6 жыл бұрын
Here in Poland they sell "spiritus", about the same as Everclear maybe. The alcohol percentage is so high that if you leave the cap off it sucks water out of the air and lowers the proof slightly!
@kraigcochran9995
6 жыл бұрын
Ever clear would run in anything 😂
@nellyfarnsworth7381
4 жыл бұрын
Grandpa had a old tractor that would start on gasoline, then switch to other cheaper fuel ( had two tanks). Kerosene and condensate.
@nicoschadjidemetriou4373
4 жыл бұрын
The octanes of paraffin is 0 .To use engine this fuel must have compression ratios 4 to 1 or lower. For higher compression we have preignition and knocking and engine will be destroyed for sure. Years ago were in Cyprus such engines .I had three. I gave the 2 and kept 1.The lower the compression, the lower the efficiency, so they stopped using them as antieconomic since fuel is expensive. I HOPE Nelly i satisfied you.I am Cypriot 73 Y.old with BSC on Physics.
@nicoschadjidemetriou4373
4 жыл бұрын
Sorry.I wrote paraffin by mistake.Iwas referring to kerosene.
@peterweller8583
2 жыл бұрын
As always I really enjoy your scholastic approach to it. You are the scientist in every child I mean that in the best sense.
@ProjectFarm
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@Sawsquatch
6 жыл бұрын
Try kerosene and toluene! Or kerosene, and xylol! Edited to xylol. Engines don't like sweetener.
@ProjectFarm
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this recommendation!
@Sawsquatch
6 жыл бұрын
Project Farm No problem. I think it'd be cool to see if either kills the knock. Thanks for the vid!
@MarcoTedaldi
6 жыл бұрын
Did you really mean xylitol or maybe xylol. Isn't xylitol artificial sweetener while xylol is the nice smelling stuff in Sharpies?
@Sawsquatch
6 жыл бұрын
Marco Tedaldi Yup. Good catch. Also, sharpie smell is acetone.
@garrettt15
6 жыл бұрын
Can you test synthetic vs conventional oil
@ProjectFarm
6 жыл бұрын
Yes, I'll put together a video on this soon. Thank you!
@JohnnyRisk
6 жыл бұрын
Project Farm perfect!
@TheGuruStud
6 жыл бұрын
That will takes tons of hours of testing. You'll literally have to run engines night and day (tested in fuel injected engines and send off oil samples for analysis). That would only cover nonstop running conditions, which is a lot different than how people use cars (that's extreme duty). And just b/c it says it's synthetic, it's probably not. Group III+ hydrocracked is not syn (although can be very good and similar to group IV if made well).
@daisukeniwa4307
6 жыл бұрын
garrett thompson h
@Carguylogan
6 жыл бұрын
The lubricity of conventional and synthetic will be the same. The benefit of synthetic oil is in the ability to handle much more heat and in the PPDs. Dirty synthetic will still flow like new synthetic. However, dirty conventional does not flow like clean conventional.
@jpridie
4 жыл бұрын
I remember as I was growing up in England we had a Petter genset that ran on TVO or tractor vaporizing oil which was kerosine and it started on petrol and started with a hand crank. It produced I think 32volts.
@ProjectFarm
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the feedback
@robertmintz63
2 жыл бұрын
In 1977 my Chevy Pu , with 10’ camper , a trip from Phx to Flagstaff Ariz I burned 19gal gas I installed a water inj system that I bought in Ohio saved me 25* on my fuel ! The system had a connection to the manifold that operated a spring loaded needle valve ,in a second line with a small jet in it, at the water tank, that looked like it was from a hand held butane torch , that ran from the tank to the needle valve & rheostat then to the pcv valve line at the base of the carb , the rheostat numbered 1-12 controlling water amount . As the below throttle plate vacuum dropped the valve opened & the rheostat also controlled the amount . The needle valve & rheostat were mounted to a plate screwed to the bottom of the dash. Instructions , turn rheostat to 7 & under acceleration keep increasing until you get a falter , back it up 2# . I got the miss at 11 backed it up to 9, but on the trips to Flag I could only stop at Cordise Junction , 1/2 way point , my gallon of water was empty , so I backed the #to 8, to avoid sucking air. At Flag , now 14gal + 2gal water . When I sold the truck took it off but lost it in a move . With I could find another one !
@daves.projects
6 жыл бұрын
gasoline has ethanol. remove the ethanol and do the test ( 6:50 ) how long pure gas runs compared to gas with ethanol. you can find how to remove it on youtube.
@ProjectFarm
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video project idea!
@tedhaubrich
6 жыл бұрын
Linux & Other Stuff where I live you can buy gas with or without alcohol. The 10% alcohol stuff's energy density is a smidge less than straight gas but it's also cheaper. Moreover assuming it's not a really old motor the alcohol stuff burns cleaner. And is probably better for the engine. I avoid it in small engines because I think leaving an engine overwinter with ethonal might cause problems.
@aaronthomas6155
6 жыл бұрын
In small engines, leaving the fuel to sit in the carburetor over the winter will result in corrosion. The EPA previously estimated that vehicles run on straight gas will see a difference of 10-15% fuel mileage improvement over vehicles run on E10/E15 when not designed to run on such fuels.
@tedhaubrich
6 жыл бұрын
in my experience the difference in fuel mileage between e10 and straight as is much less than 10 percent. Numbers from epa I've seen say about 3 percent. Which matches up with I I observe.
@aaronthomas6155
6 жыл бұрын
The estimates have been updated over the years as fuel quality has improved. In my car's current configuration, I've seen fuel mileage as low as 28mpg on the highway and as high as 43mpg on the highway. It seems to heavily depend on the fuel quality and the fuel additive package, which varies between summer and winter as well as manufacturers. Vehicles designed to run on pure gasoline will always be more affected than those designed to run on ethanol blended fuels. All vehicles built since the introduction of ethanol blended fuels are intended to run on fuels containing anywhere from 10% ethanol up to 85% ethanol. Obviously, check your owner's manual before dumping E85 into any vehicle as not all vehicles are capable of operating with E85.
@petset77
4 жыл бұрын
Great video. I also wouldn't have thought the engine would run on kerosene, but it certainly did. Have you tried kerosene in a diesel engine? (I'm working my way through your videos one or two at a time). Of course finding small diesel powered pieces of equipment isn't as easy or affordable as getting old mowers, especially since there's a chance for catastrophic failure while experimenting and operating in a way not intended, so I understand. I'd think it would be a closer match than kerosene to gasoline, but I could be wrong. Anyway, tanks for another fun experiment.
@ProjectFarm
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the feedback.
@dicknewman9009
5 жыл бұрын
I used to use heavy equipment and cubs diesel fuel on the back of my truck I have ran out of gas before and put three of diesel in my tank the truck did run but not very good the trick to it was the motor had to be hot for it to work but like I say it ran horrible but was enough to give me to a gas station
@jesseosterhout907
4 жыл бұрын
Man your channel is an epic display of mythbuster style of science. You rock man!
@josephbingham1255
4 жыл бұрын
The Soviets could fly aircraft during far far sub zero temperatures while the Luftwaffe was grounded. They could not figure out how the Soviets were able to do this while the Germans couldn't. Until - they captured a Soviet aircraft mechanic that demonstrated first taking an aircraft engine apart. He stripped the oil off of all the parts with kerosene. Then he filled the sump with kerosene instead of oil. When he proceeded to start the engine the Germans stood back expecting an explosion. It ran! That crewman demonstrated that oily kerosene can lubricate at temperatures that would freeze oil solid.
@ProjectFarm
4 жыл бұрын
Very interesting! Thank you
@MrGuvEuroman
6 жыл бұрын
Try "Race Gas" now you have the go kart :D
@ProjectFarm
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video project idea!
@JerryWick
6 жыл бұрын
Project Farm Also Aviation Gasoline (100 Low Lead)
@colinjohnson5515
6 жыл бұрын
Jerry Wick seconded!
@colinjohnson5515
6 жыл бұрын
Also Aviation fuel would be awesome to see
@TRX450RVlogger
6 жыл бұрын
Yes! Good Idea. Also I would love to Port a Cylinder head for you fr that go kart too see how well a port job I can do for you. I will port it for free as long as you pay for shipping.
@Customwinder1
6 жыл бұрын
That worked a lot better than I thought. Maybe try Avgas. That makes everything go better. Also very jealous of your runway area for the buggy. Great work mate.👍
@ProjectFarm
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this recommendation!
@robertmintz63
2 жыл бұрын
My father who was an aircraft engine mechanic in England 43-45, said his brother, my uncle ran his car on both gas & kerosene, gas for the hills only. Start & stop on gasoline .He also said the aircraft had water injection they turned on once they got to a certain altitude In the 1950s my grandfather asked Ford , how to make a gas economize for his old T Fordson Major tractor they told him to set up a regulated water drip into the carb , he did it worked great
@ProjectFarm
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing.
@nw8000
6 жыл бұрын
Will it run on urine after a night out?
@ThexXxXxOLOxXxXx
5 жыл бұрын
Hmmmm
@gerardvandoornmalen1977
5 жыл бұрын
No that just works as Ad-blue substitute...
@stewartcaldwell5299
5 жыл бұрын
Depends on what proof you're drinking.
@ronvosick8253
5 жыл бұрын
After drinking pure potato vodka 😂.
@kleenrite5550
5 жыл бұрын
Yes
@jacobmcmillan816
6 жыл бұрын
Yah your the best!!
@ProjectFarm
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@kinghoffbeers7419
5 жыл бұрын
Make a wood gas set up that be cool or compost methane engine
@ProjectFarm
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the video idea!
@anonymike8280
5 жыл бұрын
In the bad old days, the Whole Earth Catalog had a listing for a methane generator which would generate enough methane to run a VW transporter (aka "bus"). You could fill it with any orgamic material (wood, brush, whatever) and mother nature would take care of the rest as the material rotted in the tank. But chicken... Chicken... Chicken... I can't say it, this is a family channel was the preferred material. Never saw it action, but I imagine it worked.
@okbridges
2 жыл бұрын
This was very interesting to see with modern engines. A lot of antique spark-ignition engines and tractors were designed to run on kerosene. Typically the carburetor, or "mixer" as they called it had 3 bowls, 1 was gasoline and this one would hold just enough to start the engine and get it warmed up, 1 was kerosene and this was the main one connected to the fuel supply, and one was for water. Each had a needle valve, and the water one might draw water off the water jacket. The water was to control knock. If the operator noticed the engine knocking under load, they would adjust the needle valve for the water to mix a little water with the kerosene until the knock went away.
@ProjectFarm
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing.
@DJ_CROFTY
6 жыл бұрын
Can you run a gas engine on acetylene? Keep the great videos up by the way, love your content!
@ProjectFarm
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the recommendation!
@jacquespoirier9071
6 жыл бұрын
it would deadly knockins as acetylene detonates by itself if compressed over 15 PSI
@knightrider1545
6 жыл бұрын
Jacques Poirier yeah but it won't at 7 psi
@robertwood9572
6 жыл бұрын
I’ve done it on a small motor, it kinda works. Same with map gas
@sonyhk3824
6 жыл бұрын
Very interesting. Thanks
@ProjectFarm
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@beedslolkuntus2070
6 жыл бұрын
Project Farm epic video. If you don’t mind. Some videos please show that small off road car kinda thing. Good video anyways
@GokantheHusky
5 жыл бұрын
Me: *Uses Kerosene as a substitute for fuel* Police: "Wait that's illegal"
@Seth_Stewart
4 жыл бұрын
Hmm. Kerosene isn't leaded, and the sulfur isn't high, so I don't think it's illegal.
@Seth_Stewart
4 жыл бұрын
@Peter B Gotcha. You can occasionally find kerosene at the pump in the US. A Kum & Go in Bixby, Okla. carried it until they built a new station across the street. It was taxed, although you can find both taxed and untaxed diesel, both ULSD now, mostly out in rural areas.
@Seth_Stewart
4 жыл бұрын
@@markdowling5962 Damn. Right on!
@joeking1019
4 жыл бұрын
@Peter B It was found years ago that peeps were running Diesels on paraffin, The guy who took me to work 55 years ago was running his Merc190D on paraffin, the car had done 200.000 miles on the stuff proving to an unarguable conclusion that Diesel and Paraffin are much the same except the Diesel is more oil rich
@joeking1019
4 жыл бұрын
@Peter B Thank you for your kind reply, it was very interesting to read through and I wish you also a very Happy Christmas and New Year
@barrykery1175
3 жыл бұрын
That was very interesting. I was told that if you warm up an engine, AFTER starting it on gas, you could change over to kero. You actually started a warm engine on kero. I did not expect that. Thanks for posting this video. It was great. Barry
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